Category Archives: Geography

Free Film Showing: “The Last Train Home”

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Geography’s Real To Reel  film series is offering a free showing of The Last Train Home, in the Allen Library Auditorium at 3:30pm on Thursday, February 9. The film indelibly portrays one family caught up in the midst ofChina’s annual New Year’s mass migration from the teeming urban centers back to … Continue reading →

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Egypt One Year After the Revolution

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

Wednesday January 18, 2012 3:00-4:00 p.m. Thomson Hall, Room 317 Egyptian Ambassador Hesham Elnakib; Moderated by Ellis Goldberg Middle East Center   Ambassador Hesham Elnakib has held a variety of important posts within the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs including … Continue reading →

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Urbanism Lectures Coming Up This Month

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

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Sticking around this summer? There are still opportunities to take classes!

Posted on June 3, 2009 by

Summer courses still open Continue reading →

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Summer Social Science Courses

Posted on May 11, 2009 by

SLink classes for Summer quarter 09′ Continue reading →

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Friday 4/10::Dr. Deborah Thien::Place Resonance: Examining the substance and shadows of place-based feeling

Posted on April 6, 2009 by

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New Course in Labor Studies for Spring Quarter!

Posted on February 27, 2009 by

n Spring 2009, the Bridges Center is proud to sponsor this special course in Labor Studies. Students, please consider registering for this class, which may not be offered again. Faculty, lease help us publicize this course by passing it along … Continue reading →

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The Spatial Perspective…Geography at UW

Posted on February 8, 2009 by

Learn more about how to plot information on dynamic maps and use spatial analysis to better understand the world…the Geography Department.

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David Wilson on: Neoliberal Governance, the Global Trope, and Black Ghettos: the Recent Rust Belt Experience

Posted on January 7, 2009 by

Neoliberal Governance, the Global Trope, and Black Ghettos: the Recent Rust Belt Experience Today, in the shadows of gleaming downtown skyscrapers and showy gentrified neighborhoods, many poor African-American communities in America’s Rust Belt experience an intensification of poverty and deprivation. … Continue reading →

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